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Crafting + Local Co-Op
Of 23 developers who shipped a Crafting Local Co-Op game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 66 more are announced, ×6.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×5.0 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $180; 1 in 20 cleared $780k, ×1250 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 66 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $179 (exactly $179) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 25% | $73k (exactly $72,860) |
| Top 5% | $785k (exactly $785,176) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 23 |
| Released games | 75 |
| Announced | 66 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $11.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 95% on the market, supply 10% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Crafting
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Crafting, Local Co-Op; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Co-op, Adventure
- Price point
- $11.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $11.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 25,063 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $180. 6 in 10 of the 14 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 66 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×6.0 per shipper.
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The Escapists 2 2017 · $16M 
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How to Survive 2014 · $6.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition | older | $29.99 | 47,176 94% | 1.4M | $42M (exactly $42,444,247) | Thunder Lotus |
| | Grounded 2 | · EA | $29.99 | 21,442 82% | 643k | $19M (exactly $19,291,367) | Obsidian Entertainment, Eidos-Montréal |
| | The Escapists 2 | older | $19.99 | 26,452 90% | 794k | $16M (exactly $15,863,264) | Team17, Mouldy Toof Studios |
| | Portal Knights | older | $19.99 | 16,885 83% | 507k | $10M (exactly $10,125,934) | Keen Games GmbH |
| | How to Survive | older | $14.99 | 13,990 82% | 420k | $6.3M (exactly $6,291,303) | Eko Software |
 | How to Survive 2 | older | $14.99 | 8,641 69% | 259k | $3.9M (exactly $3,885,858) | Eko Software |
 | Chronicon | older | $13.99 | 8,822 94% | 265k | $3.7M (exactly $3,702,593) | Subworld |
 | Feed the Cups | · EA older | $15.99 | 4,708 72% | 141k | $2.3M (exactly $2,258,428) | Vambear Games |
 | Wild Woods | · EA | $14.99 | 1,746 78% | 52k | $785k (exactly $785,176) | Octofox Games |
 | Kitaria Fables | older | $19.99 | 1,253 73% | 38k | $751k (exactly $751,424) | Twin Hearts, Secret Level Studios |
 | LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ | $39.99 | 403 60% | 12k | $483k (exactly $483,479) | Guerrilla Games, Studio Gobo | |
 | Primal Planet | $19.99 | 629 88% | 19k | $377k (exactly $377,211) | Seethingswarm | |
 | SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure | $14.99 | 517 70% | 16k | $232k (exactly $232,495) | kopiforge | |
 | Keep Keepers | $17.99 | 135 87% | 4.1k | $73k (exactly $72,860) | Thunderrock Innovations | |
 | Vortica | $14.99 | 93 83% | 2.8k | $42k (exactly $41,822) | Vortical Studios | |
 | The Artifactory | $19.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $14k (exactly $14,393) | Berries Studios | |
 | Goldilock One: The Mists of Jakaira | · EA | $11.99 | 36 83% | 1.1k | $13k (exactly $12,949) | Shed of Ideas |
 | Neopets - Mega Mini Games Collection - The Neopian Arcade Odyssey | $9.99 | 38 31% | 1.1k | $11k (exactly $11,389) | No Gravity Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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